Security official at US Embassy in Yemen killed - officials

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By NBC News staff and wire reportsUpdated at 9:35 a.m. ET: A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting near his home in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, officials told The Associated Press.

Yemeni officials told the AP the killing bore the hallmarks of an attack by the al-Qaida offshoot in Yemen, but it was too early to determine whether the group was behind it.

Follow @NBCNewsWorldThe slain official was identified as Qassem Aqlani, a man in his fifties.

He was walking near his home in western Sanaa, when a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at him and fled the scene. The embassy is located in eastern Sanaa.

A senior official at the State Department told NBC News that they were aware an embassy worker had been shot but did not provide further details.

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